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Nero 6 CD/DVD Burning Suite (new product Nero 6 Power Suite asin: B00001YLLPI)
Ahead Software (
22 August, 2003 )
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Reliable but a few minor headaches  |
The latest incarnation of Neros CD burning software suite is as well-made as ever, and now has a much more user-friendly interface allowing quick and easy access to whatever type of CD burning you require. However, in such a competitive market, it is a wonder that Ahead havent managed to iron out the minor glitches that, over time, add up to a bit of a headache.My number one criterion for buying new CD burning software is the reliability with which it can burn CDs, and this has always been Neros major advantage over its competitors. Once installed, Nero performs like a well-oiled machine. I have never lost a single CD using Nero, and so far, Version 6.0 has maintained that proud tradition. The default setting for CD burning is optimised for maximum speed, depending on the type of media you are burning to, which is automatically detected. Typically, a full-length music CD using 160kbps MP3s lasting ~70 minutes will take about 10 minutes. I find this to be perfectly acceptable, given than other burning software packages are far more prone to crashing, adding horrible noise spikes and glitches, or simply ruining the CD and spitting it back out. These are problems that Nero 6.0 does NOT suffer from. My main bone of contention with Nero 6.0, however, is with the playlist manager window, which allows you to select lists of music files to compile your own compilations. Sadly, the order in which the files are selected is reversed automatically, meaning that you have to manually re-order your files. So, its a minor problem, but when time is of the essence, it is a real pain in the neck. However, the rest of the functionality and useability of the software remains very good. It is not perfect, but it is better than the rest of the competition.
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excellent performer compared to several others Ive tried  |
Im using Nero 6 to burn CD-Rs and DVD-Rs on a NEC ND-2500A DVD+/-RW drive (Shuttle SN41G2, AMD Barton 2500+, Windows XP Pro) and found it to be excellent. You do need to download the update package from Neros website once youve installed the retail SW, to ensure maximum compatibility with the latest drives etc.Ive used various CD writing software over the years including Instant CD, Easy CD Creator, and even command line mkisofs / cd writing utilities on Linux, and this beats all the others Ive tried. There are dozens of alternative methods for creating photo CDs, movies on disk etc but for me the important facilites are creating pure data CDs and DVDs from both files and ISO images - and Nero is simple and straightforward for such use. BTW for extracting audio CDs -> mp3 Id recommend www.CDex.n3.net
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IN CD 4 versus IN CD 3 - binning CD-RW discs  |
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Just to counter the review from a software user in portsmouth, or somewhere close.
You do not need to bin your CD-RW discs just because youve upgrade to Nero 6 / IN CD 4. If you need the data on the discs, first uninstall Nero 6 and re-install Nero 5 / IN CD 3. Then copy the data off onto your hard drive. Uninstall Nero 5 / IN CD 3 and install Nero 6 / IN CD 4, then erase the CD-RWs using Nero 6, and format them using IN CD 4.
Bingo, fully working CD-RWs again, to which you can re-copy the data you temporarily stored on your hard drive.
If you dont need the data, just erase them in Nero 6 and re-format them using IN CD 4.
Incidently you do realise that you do not need to use IN CD with CD-RW discs ? You can just burn CD-RW discs as an open multi session CD, and keep adding information to them by re-burning another session. Only finalising the CD when it becomes completely full.
This is distinctly more reliable than using the somewhat unreliable IN CD in either version 3 or 4. At least as an open multi session CD, you can read the CD-RW in practically any modern CD drive. IN CD formatted CD-RWs are notoriously fussy about being read on CD drives which arent the one on which they were formatted !!
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